مَحلُّكَ من وَصْلِ الأحبَّةِ آنسُ

مَحلُّكَ من وَصْلِ الأحبَّةِ آنسُ

وغُصنُكَ من ماءِ الشّبيبَةِ مائِسُ

وغُصنُكَ من ماءِ الشّبيبَةِ مائِسُ

Your abode is more cheerful through union with loved ones;

Your abode is solace to lovers, a companion,

And your bough sways with the waters of youth.

And your branch drinks from the water of youth.

تمتَّعْ من اللَّذَّاتِ قبلَ نَفادِها

تمتَّعْ من اللَّذَّاتِ قبلَ نَفادِها

وبادِرْ فإنّا للخُطوبِ فَرائِسُ

وبادِرْ فإنّا للخُطوبِ فَرائِسُ

Enjoy pleasures before they are spent;

Enjoy the pleasures before they disappear,

And hasten, for we are prey to calamities.

And be quick, for we are prone to misfortune.

ألا حَبَّذا المَرْجُ العَليلُ نسيمُه

ألا حَبَّذا المَرْجُ العَليلُ نسيمُه

إذا نَبَّهتَنْي للصَّبُوحِ النَّواقِسُ

إذا نَبَّهتَنْي للصَّبُوحِ النَّواقِسُ

Ah, how lovely the meadow with its languid breeze,

If only this gentle morning breeze

When the bells awaken me for morning wine,

Would awaken me at dawn with bells ringing,

ومالَتْ غُصونٌ زيَّنَتْها مَناطِقٌ

ومالَتْ غُصونٌ زيَّنَتْها مَناطِقٌ

ولاحَتْ شُموسٌ تَوَّجَتْها حَنادِسُ

ولاحَتْ شُموسٌ تَوَّجَتْها حَنادِسُ

And boughs sway, adorned with girdles,

And branches adorned with ribbons swayed,

And suns shine forth, crowned by pitch-dark nights.

As brilliant suns crowned with diadems shone.

ودارَتْ على النُّدمانِ من خَمْرِ بابلٍ

ودارَتْ على النُّدمانِ من خَمْرِ بابلٍ

عَروسٌ حَوَتْ حُسنَ الصِّبا وهيَ عانِسُ

عَروسٌ حَوَتْ حُسنَ الصِّبا وهيَ عانِسُ

And Babylon's wine goes round among the drinking companions—

A bride, possessing the beauty of youth, circulated

A bride possessing youth's beauty, though she is long unwed.

Among the drinkers, pouring Babylonian wine.

أَلم تَرني أجرَرْتُ في اللَّهوِ مِقوَدي

أَلم تَرني أجرَرْتُ في اللَّهوِ مِقوَدي

فأَضحَكْتُ أيَّامي وهُنَّ عَوابِسُ

فأَضحَكْتُ أيَّامي وهُنَّ عَوابِسُ

Did you not see me let my rein trail in revelry,

Did you not see me lead my destiny to frivolity,

And so make my days laugh, though they were frowning?

Laughing through days that were frowning?

ولم أَعْبَ بالوعْدِ الذي وَعَدَ الوَرى

ولم أَعْبَ بالوعْدِ الذي وَعَدَ الوَرى

فمَنْ كان يرجوه فإني آيسُ

فمَنْ كان يرجوه فإني آيسُ

Nor did I heed the promise made to humankind;

I did not weary myself with the promise the world made,

Whoever else may hope for it, I have despaired.

So let whoever hopes for it do so, for I despair.